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You wouldn't be disappointed with the Sydney F lounge - possibly the best in the world.

Don't get your hopes up if you've been to the SYD or MEL QF First lounge. The EK lounge is vast but I find it a bit soulless. Direct boarding from the lounge is impressive though. EK also performs the direct boarding trick from their lounge at LHR t3.

Surely we all will be in this situation eventually?! I really don't want to die a P1, a little time with family first would be nice... ;)

I'd be surprised if the landing was down to Partner Gold as PG is only one of several options now upon reaching 2,400SCs. I would though be disappointed if the landing was down to Gold given how hard it is to reach P1, particularly the QF-code only element (no Qantas flights to India, grumble...

Ladies pack is quite nice but the mens one is nothing to write home about...

I may be wrong but this thread isn't about switching the airline you fly with; it's about changing which FF scheme you credit points to. ie you can still fly with QF but be an AA EXP rather than a QF WP.

I wonder whether the introduction of P1 has changed other members' strategy. Prior to P1, I had considered switching to crediting points to AA once I'd hit LTG (as AA EXP is equivalent to QF WP) but now I'm sticking with crediting flights to QFF in order to retain P1 each year.

I scored an LHR-MEL J to F upgrade on my first flight after P1. :)

Has anyone heard of a P1 being comp'd P1 again after just missing out?

Just accepted the offer. The lure of a white P1 card overruled my fear of being branded a lazy bogan!

I wouldn't extrapolate this level of service and assume that MAS will provide it worldwide. Service in India is always "people heavy" due to the relatively low labour costs. I've been escorted all the way to the lounge in BOM by BA when flying J but it's always hit and miss.

Hope I didn't offend Team Beige! The BA First PJs are more of a dark blue than black - QF probably wanted them to be slightly different so that they could know their enemy...

A definite improvement on the previous beige ones!

Did you get in as a WP or a P1? P1s and CLs have been using the Emirates lounge for some months due to the work on the Qantas lounges. Your email suggests that WPs are also now able to use the Emirates Lounge (which is much better than the old QF Flounge).

I wasn't referring to the 4 flights requirement, I was instead referring to another poster's suggestion that WP should have a relatively high "QF Metal only" 700 SC requirement.

The problem with insisting on QF Metal is that QFi have drastically reduced their number of international destinations. I fly to India regularly - no longer possible on QF Metal, despite India being 2nd only to China in terms of long term growth potential....

Couldn't agree more. I always reject the invitation to go into the F lounge and use the J lounge instead. Better view over the runway and they have a barista in the mornings.

I had thought that QF8 DFW-SYD had F but I guess that they're all refurb-J in the nose section now.

I actually want to have my cake and eat it; I'm not looking for any F flights from BNE, I'm just looking for a better Flounge! Given that there are several 747 flights with F stopping over in BNE there is definitely a need for it.

You're quite right. Someone posted the actual powerpoint presentation in which there were a few bullets on the breakdown of QFF membership across the different bands. IIRC it even mentioned the number of CLs. I can't seem to track down the thread but someone may have saved the ppt.